My Sycamore Canyon
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New Times for Guided Hikes
The Ameal Moore Nature Center has new times for their hikes! Guided hikes will now take place at 9am instead of 10am and will last for one hour. Hikes will leave no later than 9:15am so be sure to be…
Read MoreCitizen Science MOU
The Ameal Moore Nature Center was proud to host the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing for Riverside Citizen Science Wednesday morning, January 28, 2015. Alexander Friend (Station Director, USDA, Forest Service Pacific Southwest Research Station), Kim Wilcox (Chancellor of the…
Read MoreSecond Saturdays: Track Me if You Can! Animal Tracking
January’s Second Saturdays event was all about animal tracking! Visitors were invited to join nature center staff as we explored the various ways to track animals. Footprints, track casts, and scat were some of the various topics talked about. Outside…
Read MoreSecond Saturdays: Environmental Health
December’s Second Saturday event was themed Environmental Health and Pollution Clean Up. Visitors were invited to learn about our environment, view and take an active role in demonstrations, and participate in painting and recycled paper making. Graduate and Post Graduate…
Read MoreKeeping your park beautiful
The Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park is under the dedicated care of the City of Riverside’s department of Parks and Recreation staff. Though the goal is to have as little human impact on the local habitat as possible, Parks and Rec…
Read MoreSecond Saturdays: Native Plants
The November Second Saturdays event was an enjoyable afternoon full of native plant education, visitor participation, and planting! Visitors were welcome to attend this free event where they learned what plants are good for the area, received water wise tips…
Read MoreVolunteer Day suC.C.C.ess!
On Saturday October 18, 2014 the City of Riverside’s Parks & Recreation department joined together with the California Conservation Corps (C.C.C.) for a day of park upkeep and maintenance. The event was open to the public and a call was…
Read MoreSecond Grand Opening & Extended Hours
The Ameal Moore Nature Center at the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park will be celebrating its extended Fall hours (Wednesdays-Sundays 9am-5pm)! Join us on Wednesday October 8, 2014 from 9am-5pm as we celebrate with a special live broadcast showing of Smithsonian…
Read MoreVisitor Stories: Animal Tracks
The Sycamore Canyon Wilderness Park is located in Riverside, CA. Because the park has wildlife that roams freely, the residents in the surrounding area regularly have critter sightings. Many visitors have come into the nature center with stories of…
Read MorePlease take our survey
The nature center is currently designing educational programming that will be free to the public in the Fall. In order to help us create better programming, please take a moment to answer our three point survey (available in English and Spanish)…
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